IBM has struck a definitive agreement to buy real-time data streaming platform developer Confluent in a deal valued at $11 billion, the companies said Monday. IBM said that with Confluent’s technology it can provide an “end-to-end platform for businesses to connect, process and govern data for applications and Ai agents.”

IBM (IBM) revealed today it plans to acquire Confluent (CFLT), a pioneer in data streaming, for about $11B, prompting Confluent shares to surge more than 25% during early Monday trading. Confluent offers an open-source enterprise data streaming platform that connects,

Confluent sells an enterprise version of the open-source Kafka data streaming platform, which it said is used by 80% of the Fortune 100. IBM said the addition of Confluent underlines a broader IBM push to build a unified “smart data platform” for enterprises deploying generative and agentic artificial intelligence.

Time has always mattered on the trading floor. A delay of a few seconds could cost millions. Now, with the emergence of generative AI (gen AI), it’s the power of real-time that matters most. Together, real-time data streaming and artificial intelligence ...

IBM is reportedly in advanced negotiations to acquire Confluent Inc. (NASDAQ: CFLT) in a deal valued at roughly $11 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal. The news sent Confluent shares soaring more than 28%

Real-time data streaming, using systems like Apache Kafka and smart models (NLP), detects misinformation instantly and accelerates fact-check dissemination to prevent viral spread.

International Business Machines Corp (NYSE: IBM) is reportedly in advanced discussions to acquire data-infrastructure company Confluent Inc (NASDAQ: CFLT) for approximately $11 billion.

Kong Inc. today introduced Kong Event Gateway, a new tool for managing real-time data streams powered by Apache Kafka. San Francisco-based Kong received a valuation of more than $2 billion in a funding round last year. It provides a platform called Konnect ...

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Test-and-measurement and data-acquisition house Data Translation (Marlboro, Mass.) announces an embedded DSP realtime measurement technique that can stream data to a host computer in realtime controlled by a high level PC application. Dubbed DT Measure ...